What the records say
- When
- 18 Feb 2016
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 7.95° N, 1.02° W
- Description
- serious traffic collision between a truck and bus.
- Deaths
- 53
- Injured
- 23
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
2016 Ghana bus collision
Traffic collision between a truck and bus in Ghana
At least 53 people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Ghana on 18 February 2016. Five children were among the wounded. The government-operated bus was heading to Tamale when it collided head-on with the cargo truck, which was carrying tomatoes, near the town of Kintampo on Wednesday evening. A regional police spokesman said: “It was very serious ...
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